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Chennai, Feb 18 (ANI): Mother of convict Arivu Perarivalan alias Arivu expressed her happiness at the Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday to commute her son's death sentence in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case. She said that she was relieved after the verdict and also thanked all the people who had stood by her son and family.Feb 18, 2014

Nadia, Feb 18 (ANI): Security personnel seized gold biscuits worth Rs. 35 lakh during a routine patrolling along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, while the smugglers managed to escape. The incident took place at Banpur border post area in Nadia district of the state when a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol seized the consignment which was supposed to have been taken across the border.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi/ Kochi, Feb 18 (ANI): Italy expressed disappointment over Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to postpone the hearing in the case of Italian marines charged with the killing of fishermen, an incident that soured diplomatic relations between the two nations. Italian government's Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura, miffed at the court’s decision to postpone the hearing and to hold the case under the controversial Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA), expressed his dismay over the prolonged delay. Mistura also said that along with Italy even the European Union was watching the case with deep concern.Feb 18, 2014

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New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): After Transparency International refuted any claims of any survey as announce by Arvind Kejriwal assuring reduction in corruption in the national capital, Social Activist Kiran Bedi and Congress leader JP Aggarwal slammed the leader and party. Bedi said that every time one quotes somebody, he should have confidence in the same or else his credibility is lost as also in case of AAP earlier. Further, Aggarwal said that this is what AAP has been doing since their inception, saying something and then showing no credibility over the same.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Amidst uproar in Parliament over Telangana issue which lead to adjournment of the houses, BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that the party definitely supports Telangana, but wants justice for Seemandhra too. He said that the party has suggested the same to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and those suggestions should be presented as official amendments in the bill.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison. The convicts, Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, had petitioned against their death sentence, arguing that there had been an exceptional delay in a decision on their mercy plea. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam delivered the judgement on the mercy plea. The Centre had earlier opposed the plea by arguing that the convicts did not go through torture, agony and dehumanizing experience during pendency of the mercy pleas. The verdict drew mixed reaction from poltical leaders.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Global corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) Executive Director Ashutosh Kumar Mishra on Tuesday rejected AAP's claim that corruption has come down in Delhi based on an 'unpublished report'. Former chief minister of national capital Arvind Kejriwal had claimed during a CII meet that he had come to know that Transparency International is set to release a report which says that corruption is down in the Delhi Jal Board. Mishra said that they have neither done any such survey, nor are they planning for the same. He also said that it is impractical as any such survey takes months. The TI is also expected to take action against the party.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Demanding special status for Bihar, JD (U) President Sharad Yadav staged protest outside the Parliament on Tuesday when Congress is all set to push the Telangana bill before the house. Yadav refuted the interim budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and said that it did not contain anything on the backward states and its welfare and was just an appreciation to the UPA government.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison. The convicts, Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, had petitioned against their death sentence, arguing that there had been an exceptional delay in a decision on their mercy plea. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam delivered the judgement on the mercy plea.The Centre had earlier opposed the plea by arguing that the convicts did not go through torture, agony and dehumanizing experience during pendency of the mercy pleas.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Reacting on SC’s verdict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case wherein the death sentence given to the three accused is commuted to life term, MDMK founder Vaiko hailed the verdict and said that the case was totally fabricated. He said that the three people in question are innocent and that he will appeal Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to take into consideration the judgement and order the release of the three convicts.Feb 18, 2014

Dhikura/ Kathmandu, Feb 18 (ANI): All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said, after searchers battled heavy rain and harsh winds to reach the rugged site one day after the event. The crash highlights the poor safety record of Nepal, where more than a dozen airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many in remote hills and mountains shrouded in cloud and cut off from roads. All passengers, and a crew of three were killed in the crash on Sunday at Masine hill in the village of Dhikura, 200 km (125 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, officials said.Feb 18, 2014

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): As the Telangana bill is to be presented in Parliament on Tuesday, with only four days left of the Parliament session, Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao urged the opposition parties to support on the same and let the bill get passed in both the houses. He said that the issue of Telangana is an age old issue for the state and have taken many lives too. Rao also applauded the UPA government for pushing the bill ahead.Feb 18, 2014